You probably notice the yard getting a little bit on the crunchy
side. It is has been pretty dry across the area. In fact, it is one of
the driest May’s since record keeping began! Athens is actually tied for
first place for the driest May 1-16 period. We have only recorded a
trace of rainfall during this time period! The year to break the record
is back in 1913. If Athens does not receive any rainfall today, we will
officially hold the record for driest May 1st-17th. With that said,
let’s hope we get rain.

Above clipping borrowed from http://www.athensgaweather.com/

I recon that my garlic is dry enuff to dig some for the kitchen...

Those non-flowering stalks produce single cloves...

The heliotrope doesn't mind it being dry...

The bees are content.

Dry oak leaf hydrangea...

Dry rudbeckia... blooms anyway.

Dry daylilies...

Peach, plum, and pear... seem to have caught something in that wet spring we had...

About Me

Gardens in the sand is an exploration of xeriscape gardening.
With much of the state declared a disaster area due to the drought of 2011, dryland natives assume an ever greater role in an unwatered sandhill garden.